Justice For Asbestos Families
Thompsons solicitors are launching a national campaign to achieve justice for asbestos families across the UK.
Thompsons one of the leading UK’s leading claimant personal injury law firms is demanding equality for families affected by asbestos in England and Wales after it was revealed they are receiving tens of thousands of pounds less in compensation than their Scottish counterparts.
The firm is highlighting an injustice in the way compensation for bereaved is awarded to families who have lost a relative to mesothelioma England and Wales the level of compensation is set at £10,000 and is only payable to the spouse but over the border in Scotland payments up to £30,000 have been made to bereaved widows. Not only widows but other family members in Scotland can also receive compensation of between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds.
Thompsons wants to see a change in the way payments are assessed so families across the UK receive compensation in line with amount currently paid to families in Scotland.
Thompsons head of asbestos policy, Ian McFall said "The law must be changed to ensure families in England and Wales are entitled to the sane level of compensation for bereavement as families in Scotland. The imbalance is unjust and cannot continue. 10,000 is a derisory sum for the grief caused by the death of a close family member. Whole family’s sufferer terribly when they lose a loved one to mesothelioma.They carry the emotional burden with them for the rest of their lives".
